introduction of the Constitution | ||
power from the people | ||
two part national legislature | ||
count of the population | ||
direct vote by the people | ||
proposed law | ||
reject | ||
official representatives to other countries | ||
national | ||
formal group of advisors | ||
formally accuse the president of the crimes specified in the Constitution | ||
lower court | ||
ask a higher court to review the case | ||
power to decide whether laws and actions by the legislative and executive branches conflict with the Constitution | ||
the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches | ||
powers best exercised by one authority | ||
gives the national government the power to regulate interstate commerce | ||
free zone | ||
states power that are retained because they were not given to the national government | ||
federal an state shared powers | ||
sharing of power, distribution of power in an organization between a central authority and the constituent units | ||
government according to an established law or custom principle | ||
changes to the Constitution |
Constitutionalism and Federalism Vocabulary
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